The daily tabulation of measurable rainfall continues at 19 out of 19 days this month thanks to a few early-morning showers and light rain that was moving inland Saturday evening from yet another strong Pacific storm.
As of 4 p.m. Saturday, the official December rainfall tally in Vancouver was 13.38 inches — and onward to who knows how much. Record amounts, surely. Rain is in the forecast each day this week.
We do see some changes coming our way. A colder air mass drops from the Gulf of Alaska and brings heavy snows to the mountains and maybe the foothills. As we turn to Christmas Eve and Christmas Day festivities, we may see showers of rain or snow. Snow levels will be low, maybe 500 feet or so. That means many of our residents in the higher elevations may see a dusting of snow for Christmas.
So, keep on dreaming and praying for a white Christmas When snow levels drop like some forecast models indicate, it always becomes a moving target. Most likely we’ll see snowflakes in the air but nothing else. It may all disappear in later forecast charts.
